Son of Iran shah warns against Khamenei ‘lifeline’ at ‘Berlin Wall moment’

Europe and the United States should not give a lifeline to the Iranian leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei through talks when his rule is “closer every day” to ending, the son of Iran’s ousted shah told AFP on Monday.

Reza Pahlavi, formerly crown prince and now a key opposition figure, said in an interview in Paris that foreign powers had to seize the chance of what he termed Iran’s “Berlin Wall moment” with its leaders weakened by days of Israeli air strikes.

“I can hardly imagine that a…